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Lithograph portrait of General Harrison in embroidered military uniform, holding a sword, with a laurel wreath caption below.

William Henry Harrison

Albert Newsam, 1830

Engraved standing portrait of a man in a dark suit beside a carved eagle chair, draped table, and books.

James Buchanan

John Chester Buttre, 1850

Engraved oval portrait of a young king in ermine-trimmed robes with curled hair, above a crowned royal coat of arms.

Louis XV

Lithograph of a seated man in a dark, hatched setting, his face and hands emerging from soft crayon shading.

Firelight: Joseph Pennell No. 1

James McNeill Whistler, 1890

Lithograph portrait of a man in a dark suit and bow tie with a stern expression, captioned Stephen A. Douglas, 1860.

Stephen Arnold Douglas

Stephen Arnold Douglas, 1860

Joseph Smith

Oliver Pelton, 1840

Oval engraved portrait of Olaudah Equiano in a dark coat and white cravat, hand resting on a book, with title text below.

Olaudah Equiano

Daniel Orme, 1780

Engraved portrait bust of Queen Christina with crown, pearls and ermine robe, framed by laurel garlands and drapery.

Christina VII

Pierre Lombart, 1660

Oval brown portrait of a man in a gilt-dotted medallion on a leather book cover with a gold rosette border.

Joel Barlow (back cover of "The VIsion of Columbus")

Elkanah Tisdale, 1790

Lithograph portrait of Henry Clay, seated in an ornate chair, turned three-quarter view within an oval frame.

Henry Clay

Charles G. Crehen, 1850

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in a dark military uniform, captioned Gen. Longstreet, on a tan card with pink border.

James Longstreet

Elias Dexter, 1861

Lithograph of a bearded officer on a black horse raising his hat, with mounted soldiers and a wagon behind him.

George Gordon Meade

Mathew B. Brady, 1861

Engraved portrait of a young naval officer in dark uniform with epaulettes and a medal, seated with a gloved hand on a chair.

Oliver Hazard Perry

Henry Meyer, 1820

Colored Vanity Fair caricature of a standing older man with white beard holding pince-nez and a paper, by Spy.

Whitelaw Reid

Leslie Ward, 1900

Hand-colored lithograph of a woodpecker body with a man's portrait head perched on a branch with green leaves.

William B. Gihon

Max Rosenthal, 1850

Red chalk portrait of a man with a mustache, head bowed, one hand resting on his arm, on cream paper.

Martin Birnbaum

Albert Edward Sterner, 1910

Etching of a stout gentleman in a cloak recoiling as a bricklayer grabs his arm beside scattered bricks and a church steeple.

Bombastes Encountering Ye Bricklayer

Adalbert John Volck, 1861

Black and white lithographic portrait of a man with curly hair, high collar and dark coat, with printed name below.

Ely Moore

Charles Fenderich, 1830

Lincoln Quick Step sheet music cover with oval portrait of Abraham Lincoln, floral border, and steamboat scene.

Abraham Lincoln

Henry Whatley, 1850

Engraved oval portrait of Abraham Lincoln in a dark coat and bow tie, framed by a laurel wreath with his name below.

Abraham Lincoln

William Edgar Marshall, 1860

Black and white lithograph portrait of a man in a dark coat and cravat, with caption Mark A. Cooper, Representative from Geor

Mark Anthony Cooper

Charles Fenderich, 1840

Lithograph portrait of a man with curly hair and mustache, wearing a dark jacket, patterned cravat and watch chain.

John Wilkes Booth

Charles DeForest Fredricks, 1860

Grayscale lithograph portrait of a man with curly hair, beard and plaid cravat, captioned Hamilton Fish.

Hamilton Fish

Charles Fenderich, 1840

Engraved print of Diogenes with lantern gazing at an oval portrait of an elderly bearded man in spectacles.

Horace Greeley

Frederick Blumner, 1860

George Washington

Henry H. Houston, 1790

Caricature of a seated bald man smoking a cigar, with an Associated Press emblem above him and signed by Carlo de Fornaro.

Melville E. Stone

Carlo de Fornaro, 1900

Engraved political cartoon of a man in a suit holding leashed bulldogs labeled Hoax and Senator, beside newspaper headlines.

Mysterious Influence

Thomas Nast, 1870

Sepia print of a standing man in dark coat with lace cuffs, gesturing toward a desk with books and a quill, beside a sword an

George Washington

George Graham, 1800

Oval engraved portrait of Thomas Paine in a high collar and cravat, with French text inscribed beneath the image.

Thomas Paine

Auguste Samdoz, 1790

Engraved portrait of a seated man in a white wig writing with a quill at a desk beside a glass globe.

Joseph Priestley

Thomas Holloway, 1780